GRK 392:  Composition and Evolution of Crust and Mantle

• Subject Area: Geology and Palaeontology
• Term: from 1997 to 2006
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272165

The research topics are:-- the identification and characterization of episodes of crustal growth,-- the clarification of processes of deformation and metamorphosis and the material changes during the growth and the consolidation of continents,-- the evolution of the Earth's mantle and the interaction between crust and mantle.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Participating Institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Thomas Reischmann
• Participating Researchers: Privatdozent Dr. Gerhard Ernst Brügmann; Professor Dr. Albrecht W. Hofmann; Privatdozent Dr. Peter Hoppe; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Jacoby; Dr. Klaus Peter Jochum; Professor Dr. Daniel Koehn; Professor Dr. Alfred Kröner (†); Professor Dr. Dieter F. Mertz, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Cornelis Passchier, Ph.D.; Dr. Ulrike Poller; Professor Dr. Uwe Ring; Professor Dr. Jonathan Snow; Professor Dr. Alexander Sobolev; Dr. Wolfgang Todt; Dr. Herbert Wallner